What causes a person to get the hiccups? What are some ways to get rid of them?

Answer 1

Hiccups are caused by too much air in your lungs. Cures are, getting scarred, eating sugar, holding your breath and breathing into a paper bag.

Answer 2

I just read that too!!!! .. try having someone take your pulse. I found out about it last year and I've tried it on a LOT of people and it works 90% of the time. I'm not sure if it's because it takes the person's mind of the hiccups or what.

Answer 3

My friends mother is a nurse and she says that hiccups come from lack of oxygen in the lungs. To get rid of them she says to rub your earlobe and it goes away! It really works!

Answer 4

take a teaspoon full of sugar,swallow it down,hiccups are instantly gone!Or you can take a teaspoon full of peanut butter.I find sugar works better.These methods work,I do get hiccups really bad at times.

Answer 5

Hold ice cubes behind you ears.I had them once so bad that it hurt.A nice told me to do this,and the hiccups stopped.

Answer 6

I used to think that it was a spasm, that would just go away. But there was a chic on the Today show who has had hic-ups nonstop for 3 weeks. She was on this morning.

Answer 7

Drink out of the opposite side of a glass while bending forward.

Answer 8

7 gulps of water works for me

Answer 9

Try the chicken dance...it's worked before.

Answer 10

put a packet of sugar under your tounge and keep it there for a couple of minutes! I tried it and it worked for me!